Comments on: Vista’s Security Downfall: User Tunnel Vision http://pantsland.com/2006/03/04/vistas-security-downfall-user-tunnel-vision/ Brad Kellett Blogs the Web, Mobile Tech, and... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brad Kellett http://pantsland.com/2006/03/04/vistas-security-downfall-user-tunnel-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Brad Kellett Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:21:11 +0000 http://www.pantsland.com/?p=83#comment-49 I completely agree - maybe not have to log out and back in again, but certainly some kind of manual escalation. I don't think this method is going to cut it. I completely agree - maybe not have to log out and back in again, but certainly some kind of manual escalation. I don’t think this method is going to cut it.

]]> By: Ben http://pantsland.com/2006/03/04/vistas-security-downfall-user-tunnel-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Ben Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:13:36 +0000 http://www.pantsland.com/?p=83#comment-48 Yeah it's a very difficult issue isn't it? If Microsoft hadn't created this entire culture of 'users can install or change anything', then I don't think there would be an issue. But now when they upgrade an OS to be more secure, the have to provide an 'out' lest they get millions of complaints about users unable to do things they could do before. I seriously think they should have bitten the bullet and forced users to manually elevate to Administrator, or force them to log off and on again as admin. Yeah it’s a very difficult issue isn’t it? If Microsoft hadn’t created this entire culture of ‘users can install or change anything’, then I don’t think there would be an issue.

But now when they upgrade an OS to be more secure, the have to provide an ‘out’ lest they get millions of complaints about users unable to do things they could do before. I seriously think they should have bitten the bullet and forced users to manually elevate to Administrator, or force them to log off and on again as admin.

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